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Online technology provides an opportunity to
bring people geographically closer and to offer individuals a
chance to sneak around amazing places and to take virtual tours
in seconds. With the aim to help people find the information they
are looking for, and to give tough competition to AOL’s MapQuest,
Google map is decided to move indoors.

With this new facility, Google Maps will not only tell the city,
street number, house number, it will show where bathrooms and
offices are located within the building. With the aim to help
users to save their time and energy in locating things, Google’s
indoor mapping service will provide clear and easily understood
directions for floor plans of venues. But, don’t worry about your
privacy. Google will only go indoors if you let it. So, no,
people won’t be able to see inside your house.

Surely, this service will help people get around in public
places. It is meant to simplify daily lives and it will help to
users to plan trips to various destinations like malls, theaters,
airports easier. These indoors maps are develop to decrease the
disorientation that generally originates in big stores and other
large complexes. This software shows a user’s location with blue
dot. Then, user can figure out where is nearest restroom, baby
shop, or elevator in a mall. Without wasting, detailed floor plan
of any venue helps you to determine where you are, what floor
you’re on, and where to go.

Mapping the Great Indoors

Google will accept floor plans from any indoor venue that wants
to be included. This service offers 360-degree business photos
and gives a panoramic view of the insides of businesses. The
company sends a photographer to a store, and the photos are
posted on the store’s Google Places page. Anyone interested in
visiting that store, can go to the Google Places page and see
visuals. Google is working hard to make its indoor service a big
hit. The company has decided to use Google Places and Google
Wallet to generate revenue.

Security is a Concern: Is Indoor Mapping an
Evil?

So, what do you think? Should small business owner go ahead and
get their business venue included under this service? Don’t you
it could prove to be surveillance-in-the-name-of-convenience?

It allows anyone to view any house or street in any city and
describes the legal and security issues. We need to think that
this service can be misused by terrorist, psychopaths and young
misguided college or high school students. I hope, you remember
the Columbine High School massacre. I think that this service may
also help criminals to carry planned, coordinated attack on an
airport, a mall, or a college campus by using this technology. On
the other hand, it is very useful for the general public. Google
indoor mapping has one issue. The users will not be able to get
accurate signal in buildings with thick walls and ceilings, and
underground spaces in order to view an indoor floor plan when
already inside. However, Google is seeking a solution to this
issue.

Well, Google has started including new indoor maps of public
buildings across the world, as a small business owner you may
sign up and get your premises mapped. But it seems indoor mapping
is beneficial for large premises and a small business/shop owner
still doesn’t need it.